Christmas 1968

Is Christmas a time for joy?
Shouldn’t it be a time of sadness
as the one whose birth we are celebrating
has been lost in:
A multi-billion dollar military complex,
The ugly scar of racism,
The ghettoes and pockets of poverty
here and across the seas,
And a heart-breaking, disastrous war?

Love is a common and misused word.
But if true love is incorporated into your entire life
Then the use of loved will be rewarded
By the feeling of joy within.